There are some things that I don’t think our colonial cousins across the pond, nor the rest of the world will ever completely understand. Some parts of British humour will never truly translate well. Which is why some dudes might not ‘get’ why Big Dutty Deeze decided to dress up in a blonde wig, QELD shoot videos with their mums, or that Shaodow and Zuby made a video about kidnapping people so their tour wouldn’t be a bust.
Our surreal and sarcastic attitude to ‘super serious sensitive artist mode’ at times might be hard to understand, but one thing you can never accuse our artists of being is stagnant or generic (well yeah, obviously there are rather a lot but I’m not talking about any of that nonsense today). With that nice little intro out of the way, I proudly give you another example of what our rainy shores can produce. Just because the dude’s riding about on a child’s bike, in a skeleton mask doesn’t make the inventive content, and slightly off-key rapping style any better. This is uniqueness and originality in its finest forms.
(Yes, yes I know MF Doom wears a mask. I’m not saying this is reinventing the wheel, it’s just a funny video. Gosh untwist your knickers)
Intelligent content, simplistic but well made video. This is all you need to get our full attention. This track is definitely the for the rapper’s rappers. Tricksta was right, East Coast and Midwest hip-hop will always be my favourite style I (Aimee) can’t deny it.
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MTV Unsigned Nominated Artist ‘Drassick’ and Silver Certified Artist/Producer ‘Big Chris’ have teamed up to bring you their latest single ‘Loneliest 1.Building on recent successes the two new comers join forces to show the UK can bring urban fire to rival the US . The beat is a classic ‘three dog night’ song dragged into 2014 with an infectious arrangement and killer hip hop drums.
London rapper and OEM recording artist Vicious has been making serious waves ever since he dropped his debut mixtape ‘Warming Up’ late last year. Hosted by DJ Unique from the ‘Ghetts It In Gang’ the release features Tony D, Cons, TBear, Sir Smurf Lil, Grimlock, Locksmyth and more. Vicious has shared stages with the likes of BBC 1Xtra’s Charlie Sloth and UK rappers such as Micall Parknsun, Genesis Elijah and Kyza, as well as doing an emcee battle for Don’t Flop.
Earlier on this year we saw Vicious drop a video to his single ‘No Fool’ which features Raggo Zulu Rebel which was well received by Hip-Hop fans. Now he’s back with a new video to his track ‘Til I Hit A Milli’ which has already been championed and supported by GrimeDaily.com and SpiffTV.com. Vicious is on his grind hard and is now currently working on second mixtape release which will drop with the UK’s longest running mixtape series UK Runnings and will be hosted by Tricksta.
If Florida is famous for one thing its HEAT, adding to the burning flames of the Sunshine state is entrepreneur, businessman, rapper and survivor FYE BOY. Straight out of Daytona Beach, FL, his personal story is both inspiring and remarkable.
Born in 1981 in a place called Madison Heights, at a time when turf wars and shoot outs were the norm, FYE BOY remembers sitting on his parent’s porch being surrounded by gunshots. Luckily his Mom had him at Church every Sunday and his father was a respected man of the community, he worked for the city and taught the young FYE BOY the value of hard work and perseverance.
At 19 years old he built a recording studio, started recording songs and set up Fire Boy entertainment as a promotions company, bringing established rap artists such as Lil’ Wayne, Hot Boys, Mystikal, Field Mob, Ying Yang Twins to Florida to perform.
A business mogul from a young age, it wasn’t long before FYE BOY started making money, he opened up a local convenience store and bought up property in his neighborhood. Things were looking very bright for FYE BOY alongside his burgeoning careers as promotions manager and retail store owner, he was an emerging College Football star with 230 tackles in his first High School season and the number one draft recruit, eventually scoring an NFL agent with offers from Universities around the country.
It was at this fateful age however that his life took a wrong turn, a story of misplaced trust, young love, being at the wrong place at the wrong time left FYE BOY caught in the mix of a drug raid and he was handed a four year sentence in state prison putting his life on hold.
Ever resourceful FYE BOY used his time to educate himself, he read books on the music industry, publishing, royalties, licensing. Upon his release at age 27, he kicked his Fire Boy entertainment into full gear – establishing his company as a force to be reckoned with in the music industry. Looking for sponsorship for a Florida tour – he began approaching various energy drink companies until he figured out he could do better himself – In 2012 FYE FIRE YOUR ENERGY drink was born – FYE BOY was involved in every aspect, from the ingredients, to the taste, to the packaging. As of today FYE Energy is in 400 stores in central Florida.
FYE BOY’s music can be currently heard on 10 commercials, his last record “Mr. Block” featuring Beanie Sigal hit 500 blogs with over 100,000 hits in less than 6 days, and he is currently working with artists like Rick Ross, French Montana and 2chainz.
The world is at FYE BOY’s feet – and the title his new single really says everything about his mission “GRIZZY GRIND” – Produced by Grammy nominated, 3x Platinum producer AYO the song is an anthem for 2014, slick and incredibly catchy, one listen to this joint and it stays in your head!
Here’s a great new visual and track from Jimmie Black and rapper Danny B out of Birmingham in the West Midlands. Nice use of acoustic sounds and live instrumentation make this a heavy production for Jimmie’s lush vocals to glide over. Feeling this track so much from the top to the bottom and it’s something that has started my week off with a smile. Jimmie Black is a very talented singer and songwriter for real, big thumbs up.
